NGC 3029
NGC 3029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3029 as it looked roughly 310 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3007Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 553Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 553Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).